newly qualified cs 38/39 what should i be charging?

[nick channer]

thats why i said think what your happy going home with at end of job or day and as its one of first jobs make sure its right as word mouth is best form of advertisin.. i no when i first started climbin on my own with a young lad helpin i could earn very good money without any hassle.... i wouldn't say i earn great deal more now than i did 15 yrs ago... lot to be said for keepin small...

[Rupe]

we're in amersham in bucks.. we charge 4 to 500 for half day..[unless theres lot of hedge cuttin..] and between 8 and 900 if its a full day... [more if its ticky job].. thats for 3 workers.. wether a climbers needed or not.. like i said i have to pay climber between 150 + 180 day so he'd be savin that.. wether u wanna pass that savin to customer is up to u... most crews round here charge 500 a day 4 one climber ana 1 groundsman.. but there all done by lunch time.. when i pay climber i need him [or her] to be doing a good day..

 

Good rates. I am sure you have to deliver the goods for that kind of money, i.e do a lot in the day. So a forty foot Oak reduction is not going to take your crews long.

 

Side issue, but day rates are not really comparable, its what you do in a day that matters.

[woody1]

thats why i said think what your happy going home with at end of job or day and as its one of first jobs make sure its right as word mouth is best form of advertisin.. i no when i first started climbin on my own with a young lad helpin i could earn very good money without any hassle.... i wouldn't say i earn great deal more now than i did 15 yrs ago... lot to be said for keepin small...

 

Aint that the truth! Everything goes up except wages! But thats just another political rant

Sorry Aiden!

[nick channer]

your 100% right there.. i get grief round here for being to cheap.. but where as some would price job for 550 and take 2 of them all day i price same job for 400 but do 2 similar priced ones in day with 3 men and hopefully have bit time left to split few load logs at end of day... i'd rather do 3 good full days with good money than 5 with less.. but tree works not all we do so i'm lucky in that respect..

[timtree81]

your 100% right there.. i get grief round here for being to cheap.. but where as some would price job for 550 and take 2 of them all day i price same job for 400 but do 2 similar priced ones in day with 3 men and hopefully have bit time left to split few load logs at end of day... i'd rather do 3 good full days with good money than 5 with less.. but tree works not all we do so i'm lucky in that respect..

 

what else do you do nick ? im into everything but tree work is all i know and suck at most other things ha ha

[nick channer]

ha.. i'm sure thats not true... i run a skip hire firm and we have 1000+ acres mostly arable land and do bit agri contractin too.. also sell and deliver hay and straw all over place..

[nick channer]

Aint that the truth! Everything goes up except wages! But thats just another political rant

Sorry Aiden!

 

bought 5000 litres red diesel today... over 600 quid more than last lot bought before xmas...theres no way can put that extra cost on to customer so has to come out profits.. god no's how much more the whites costin.. dont seem to notice that as much when buyin the odd tank full

[woody1]

bought 5000 litres red diesel today... over 600 quid more than last lot bought before xmas...theres no way can put that extra cost on to customer so has to come out profits.. god no's how much more the whites costin.. dont seem to notice that as much when buyin the odd tank full

 

Think we're goin off thread here but what the heck! Bring on the revolution!

[Old Mill Tree Care]

I'm moving my family to Amersham, Bucks to get rich. Can't charge nearly that much in sunny Surrey.

 

Good on ya!

[nick channer]

I'm moving my family to Amersham, Bucks to get rich. Can't charge nearly that much in sunny Surrey.

 

Good on ya!

 

ha.. asit happens we do fair bit down your way.. guildford.. camberley.. staines.. farnborough [that is surrey way isn't it before i look stupid].. mostly commercial stuff admitedly but do get lot work from people passin or workin in the retail units offices etc..